COLD DARK ROOM

[Lyn W]

I mentioned this before, but while living in Defiance Ohio. Everytime it rained hard. These huge slugs would be on the side walks and driveways. They were like 4 or 5 inches long and thick. I was amazed!

That's quite common here - although slugs are able to elongate themselves, so maybe in drier conditions they like smaller. When I was a teenager I can remember having to walk down a path that was covered with big fat long slugs - it was a nightmare! I'm much more tolerant of them these days now I understand they are part of the eco system. and food chains etc.

 

[Lyn W]

Wow!
Ok... now when it rains hard I’m gonna go out and look for snails and slugs! ?
Wow.
It is sooo windy here it’s unbelievable!
More straight lined winds than gusts of 50!

Our winds have calmed down now - thank goodness.
Hope yours don't cause trouble for you.

 

[Lyn W]

Good morning all.
It's grey and chilly here but dry and the winds have finally dropped, so a big improvement on recent days.
Hope everyone has a good Monday.

 

[Blackdog1714]

That's quite common here - although slugs are able to elongate themselves, so maybe in drier conditions they like smaller. When I was a teenager I can remember having to walk down a path that was covered with big fat long slugs - it was a nightmare! I'm much more tolerant of them these days now I understand they are part of the eco system. and food chains etc.

That is why I buy the big container of SALT. If I see you and you don't scram you get Tom Colicchio'ed --A Touch More Salt!

 

[Maro2Bear]

That's quite common here - although slugs are able to elongate themselves, so maybe in drier conditions they like smaller. When I was a teenager I can remember having to walk down a path that was covered with big fat long slugs - it was a nightmare! I'm much more tolerant of them these days now I understand they are part of the eco system. and food chains etc.

I really don’t see any land snails here (with shells) in Maryland. When I lived in Monterey CA, yep, all over the place. After a rain in the morning the sidewalks would have a ton of them.....used to squish a ton during my morning jogs.

But here - just big old slugs. Many hide out on the roof of my composting bin, under flowerpots and old wood.

 

[Maggie3fan]

That is why I buy the big container of SALT. If I see you and you don't scram you get Tom Colicchio'ed --A Touch More Salt!

I have a buncha box turtles, and every early morning I take my tools and I go out in my bathrobe and gather slugs and worms for them. Slugs gross me out...yucky
Hey, Blackdog1714...don't you keep water turtles? Why don't you gather up those slugs daily and feed them to the turtles?

 

[Blackdog1714]

I have a buncha box turtles, and every early morning I take my tools and I go out in my bathrobe and gather slugs and worms for them. Slugs gross me out...yucky
Hey, Blackdog1714...don't you keep water turtles? Why don't you gather up those slugs daily and feed them to the turtles?

Nooe no turtles maybe the chickens can eat them?

 

[Maro2Bear]

Finally lots of daffodils in the garden. Usually they get knocked down by one last big snowfall or deep freeze...this year, not so much.

 

[Yvonne G]

Good morning all.
It's grey and chilly here but dry and the winds have finally dropped, so a big improvement on recent days.
Hope everyone has a good Monday.

It's grey and chilly here too. It rained overnight, so I have a REAL excuse for not working outside. I built a fire in the woodstove, put a sunshine cake in the oven, cleaned out the fridge and washed dishes (my back is killing me. I think my sink is too low).

 

[Yvonne G]

I really don’t see any land snails here (with shells) in Maryland. When I lived in Monterey CA, yep, all over the place. After a rain in the morning the sidewalks would have a ton of them.....used to squish a ton during my morning jogs.

But here - just big old slugs. Many hide out on the roof of my composting bin, under flowerpots and old wood.

There are no snails in my neighborhood either, much to the chagrin of my many box turtles.

 

[Ray--Opo]

Wow!
Ok... now when it rains hard I’m gonna go out and look for snails and slugs! ?
Wow.
It is sooo windy here it’s unbelievable!
More straight lined winds than gusts of 50!

Hang on!

 

[Ray--Opo]

It's grey and chilly here too. It rained overnight, so I have a REAL excuse for not working outside. I built a fire in the woodstove, put a sunshine cake in the oven, cleaned out the fridge and washed dishes (my back is killing me. I think my sink is too low).

Rain is good for your area right? Hope your back feels better.
What is a sunshine cake?

 

[Ray--Opo]

That's quite common here - although slugs are able to elongate themselves, so maybe in drier conditions they like smaller. When I was a teenager I can remember having to walk down a path that was covered with big fat long slugs - it was a nightmare! I'm much more tolerant of them these days now I understand they are part of the eco system. and food chains etc.

I also remember when I was 5 years old. My dad was stationed in Hawaii. Cant remember if it was seasonal, but at night toads would come out by the hundreds. I would go around and catch them in a bucket. The next day there would be bunches of flattened toads in the road. From being ran over by cars. My older brother would do something with toads and firecrackers. I will not go into details.

 

[Yvonne G]

Rain is good for your area right? Hope your back feels better.
What is a sunshine cake?

Yeah, we normally have drought, so rain is good.

My back problem is work related. . . I tend to hunch forward when working outside and it eventually just kills my back. But sitting in my recliner with a small pillow at the small of my back relieves the pain and I'm good as new.

Sunshine cake is yellow cake mix made with crushed pineapple and topped with Kool Whip that's mixed with crushed pineapple and vanilla instant pudding. It turned out pretty good. Because I'm the only one here to eat my food, I made only half the recipe. I hope the bugs don't get to the other half of the cake mix.

 

[Snoopy’s mom]

Hang on!

Hang on to your skinny friends!

 

[Snoopy’s mom]

I also remember when I was 5 years old. My dad was stationed in Hawaii. Cant remember if it was seasonal, but at night toads would come out by the hundreds. I would go around and catch them in a bucket. The next day there would be bunches of flattened toads in the road. From being ran over by cars. My older brother would do something with toads and firecrackers. I will not go into details.

I remember the toad pancakes, but I haven’t seen that many in awhile. My brother did the firecracker thing, I think I know what it was. Bleah!

 

[Maro2Bear]

A guy in London, on TWITTER/GardensHour complaining as well about the S N A I L S ! In his garden.

 

[Cathie G]

Yes, I too would like to see pix of “clear slugs like jelly fish”. Almost everything we have here are slugs - large, small, slimy. Lift up a flower pot or an old piece of wood...bam, a big old fat slug.

I hope I see one this year. I'll be sure to get a picture. I don't see them often where I live now but I do see them now and then. I used to see quite a few not far from here while growing up. What I think of as snails, I see all of the time here. Big ones! With horns ?

 

[Cathie G]

Good morning all.
It's grey and chilly here but dry and the winds have finally dropped, so a big improvement on recent days.
Hope everyone has a good Monday.

Same here. I stuck my nose out the door and decided to stay home.?

 

[Cathie G]

Are you giving/providing any calcium? An egg shell now & then?

Some pet snail info http://www.molluscs.at/gastropoda/terrestrial.html?/gastropoda/terrestrial/helix/pet_snails.html

That's funny ? I like them too ? and it makes me mad when they call a snail hauling around his house on his back a slug.?